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CMS SOM App. W, Tag C-1507
§485.643(c) Ensure, in collaboration with the designated OPO, that the family of
each potential donor is informed of its option to either donate or not donate organs,
tissues, or eyes. The individual designated by the CAH to initiate the request to the
family must be a designated requestor. A designated requestor is an individual who
has completed a course offered or approved by the OPO and designed in
conjunction with the tissue and eye bank community in the methodology for
approaching potential donor families and requesting organ or tissue donation;
Interpretive Guidelines §485.643(c)
It is the responsibility of the OPO to screen for medical suitability in order to select
potential donors. Once the OPO has selected a potential donor, that person’s family must
be informed of the family’s donation options.
Ideally, the OPO and the CAH will decide together how and by whom the family will be
approached.
The individual designated by the CAH to initiate the request to the family must be a
designated requestor.
A “designated requestor” is defined as a CAH-designated individual who has completed
a course offered or approved by the OPO and designed in conjunction with the tissue and
eye bank community. If possible, the OPO representative and a designated requestor
should approach the family together.
The CAH must ensure that any “designated requestor” for organs, tissues or eyes has
completed a training course either offered or approved by the OPO, which addresses
methodology for approaching potential donor families.
Survey Procedures §485.643(c)
• Verify that the CAH ensures that the family of each potential donor is informed of
its options to donate organs, tissues, or eyes, including the option to decline to
donate.
• Review training schedules and personnel files to verify that all designated
requestors have completed the required training.
• How does the CAH ensure that only designated requestors are approaching
families to ask them to donate?
History
Rev. 200, Issued: 02-21-20; Effective: 02-21-20, Implementation: 02-21-20
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-22
- Edition
- som-2026-07-22
- Content hash
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